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No. 65|,|65. Patented lune 5, |900. J. A. GUNN &. J. E. CUSTILO.

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J. A. GUNN & J. E. CUSTILO.' MAIL Box.

(Application med June 24, 1899.)

Patentedlune 5, 1900.

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` vNITE TATES JOHN ALFRED GUNN,

OF BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS, AN-D JAMES EDWARD OOSTILO, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

MAIL-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part otl Letters Patent No. 651,165, dated June 5, 1900.

Application filed June 24, 1899. Serial No. 721,701. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN ALFRED GUNN, a resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, and JAMES ED- WARD OOSTILO, a resident of New York, borough of Brooklyn, and State of New York, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Mail- Boxes, ot' which the following is a specification. l

This invention relates to mail-boxes, the object being to produce a simple and cheap receptacle for mail-matter which, while providing a reasonable degree of security for said matter, shall be adapt-ed to dispense with keys and locks directly attached thereto and also be as convenient of access to the mail-carriers Vas to the occupants of the house or room to which the box is attached.

In carrying out our invention we employ, in combination with an ordinary windowsash, a box having the usual aperture at or near the top thereof, through which mail may be inserted, but not easily removed, and another aperture through the bottom thereof, said aperture preferably being normally closed by a hinged flap or cover. This box is adapted to be screwed or otherwise securely fastened to the Window-sash, with its lower end substantially Hush with the lower edge of said sash, the arrangement being such that access to the inside of the box may be had only when said window is open, the opening through the bottom referred to being completely covered by the sill when the window is down or closed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is aV front elevation of our improved mail-box. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a section on line l0 10 of Fig.v 1. Fig. 4. is a sectional view showing the box attached to a vertically-sliding window-sash, the box being provided with a hinged cover over the bottom aperture; and Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the sash raised.

Referring by letter to the drawings, particularly to Figs. 4 and 5, which show the preferred form of our invention,A represents the frame of a window, B the window-sash, and C a box secured to the outside of said sash and adapted to be raised and lowered therewith, the bottom edges of said box resting on the sill D when said window is closed.

Box O, which maybe made of any suitable material and of any preferred shape and dimensions, is provided at the top with a narrow opening c for the reception of mail-matter and an opening c at the bottom thereof, provided with a hinged [lap or cover c2, normally held in closed position by the spring 6o c3. Ears c4 c4 c4 afford means for securing the box to the sash, the box preferably beingI located at one side of the window in order that it may be fastened to a side strip, aswell as the bottom strip, of the sash for the sake of better security. The box is also provided on the inner surface of the front wall with a deflector or deflecting-ribs c5 c5.

It is understood, of course, that the window-sash will be provided with the usual 7o' locking device, so that when said window is down and locked the box will be locked also and its contents accessible only to one having access to the lock of the window. When the window is raised, the box and contents will be raised also, the spring c3 being stilf enough to support a reasonable amount of mail-matter. On reaching a suitable height the iiap c2 will be depressed by the fingers, whereupon the contents of the box will be 8o directed toward the inside of the room/by the deflector or ribs c5. If desired, the aps c2 l may be dispensed with, the box being left entirely bottomless, as indicated in Figs. 1,

2, and 3.

We claiml 1. A mail-box having an aperture for the reception of mail-matter and an aperture through the bottom thereof for the discharge of such matter, said box being adapted to be 9o secured to the outside of a vertically-moving` window-sash with its lower end substantially flush with the lower edge of the sash whereby the discharge-opening therein will be closed by the sill when the sash is down, and a defleotor adjacent to the lower aperture arranged so that when the sash is raised the contents of the box will be directed through the window-opening.

2. A mail-box having an aperture for the roo reception of mail-matter, an aperture at the bottom thereof for the discharge of such mat ter, defiecting-ribs on the inner surface of the front Wall of said box, a cover closing the aforesaid bottom aperture and hinged to the lower edge of the said front wall, and a spring adapted to hold the cover normally in closed position, the box itself being adapted to be secured to the outside of a window-sash or other movable partition in such manner that when said sash is closed the bottom edges of the box will be in such close proximity to the sill or other fixed body that access to the inside of the box or the aforesaid cover will be prevented.

3. A inail-box having an aperture for the reception of mai1-matter, an aperture at the bottom thereof for the discharge of such matter, the said box being' adapted to be secured to the outside of a Window-sash or other mov JOHN ALFRED GUNN. JAMES EDWARD COSTILO.

Witnesses:

GEO. S. KENNEDY, \VM. A. RosENiAUM. 

